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Start of NHL's free agency expected to lack frenzy with many high-profile players off the board
With a majority of the NHL's top-projected free-agent talent already off the market, the 32 teams face relatively slim pickings entering the league's annual signing period opening Tuesday at noon EDT.
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor reaches budget deal with Republicans to cut taxes, fund university
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the state Legislature announced a deal Tuesday on a new two-year budget that cuts income taxes, increases funding for the Universities ...
German court suspends diesel scandal trial of former Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn
A German court has suspended proceedings in the trial of former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn, who has been charged with fraud and market manipulation in connection with Volkswagen's use of rigged ...
Ohio governor signs 2-year, $60 billion budget that includes funding for football stadium
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a two-year, $60 billion operating budget that flattens the state's income tax and sets aside $600 million in unclaimed funds for a new Cleveland Browns stadium.
US judge says HHS layoffs were likely unlawful and must be halted
A federal judge has ruled that the recent mass layoffs at the U.S. Health and Human Services were likely unlawful and ordered the Trump administration to halt plans to downsize and reorganize the ...
Judge tells 92-year-old he will die in prison after conviction in UK's oldest solved cold case
For more than a half-century, Ryland Headley got away with murder. When justice finally caught up to the former railway worker Tuesday in a British courtroom, he was 92 years old and using hearing ...
In north Minneapolis, residents ask why they were kept out of the loop during Vance Boelter manhunt
Many north Minneapolis residents didn’t know the alleged assassin had been in their midst on the day of the shootings.
Al-Qaida-linked group claims attack against Mali army position near Senegal
Armed men attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal, Mali's military said Tuesday — an development that one expert called especially worrying as the deadly violence spreads.
Acclaimed Minnesota Hmong American artist Pao Houa Her takes over Sheboygan for retrospective
Bingo numbers were called out in Hmong and English. Elders dropped chips onto their boards. The ’70s-style wood paneled walls ...
US calls reported threats by pro-Iran hackers to release Trump-tied material a 'smear campaign'
Pro-Iran hackers have threatened to release emails supposedly stolen from people connected to President Donald Trump, according to a news report, a move that federal authorities call a ''calculated ...
New York Liberty return home struggling after disappointing road trip
The New York Liberty return home after a disappointing road trip that saw them drop three of their four games.
War of words over big bill intensifies between Musk, Trump
The war of words between billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts is heating up again, with Musk claiming he may form a new political party ...